Foreign visitors wait at a visa-on-arrival payment counter at an airport. (Antara/Nyoman Budhiana)President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo has said that the government’s free-visa policy, currently enjoyed by citizens of 174 countries, has not compromised the security or stability of the country. “I am not afraid of including more countries in the policy. Look at Malaysia and Singapore-more than 170 countries are included in their visa-free policy and they are still safe,” he said in his remarks during the 2016 opening bell ceremony at the Indonesia Stock Exchange (IDX) in Jakarta on Monday.As for state security, Jokowi believed that the National Police …read more
Source: The Jakarta Post
